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My Emotionally Needy Great Dane

By: fishsweeper
Written on April 28th, 2012
Raven is a 7-month-old, 75+-lb puppy that has always been 'my dog', but since my husband left for a job in Colorado (I'm in California.), she's been following me EVERYWHERE. She even jumps into bed with me at sunrise. She 'talks' in her sleep, and sometimes kicks me in the face, but other than that, I guess that I don't mind it so much.

Favourite activities: hiking in the forest, riding in the car with her head hanging out of the window (and going into stores), digging a hole to China in the back yard, trying to escape from the back yard (I think that I may rename her 'Houdini'!) , and insisting on playing 'fetch' at the most inoppportune times. She also seems to enjoy planting sh^t claymores in the yard, and I HATE stepping in dog-do. I wonder if she thinks that's hilarious....

I thought that Great Danes were pretty low on the IQ list for dogs, but she learns pretty quickly, and seems too be able to use deductive reasoning... which, theoretically, is supposed to be impossible. I guess that there's a narrow range of intelligence in dog IQ.

If there are any Great Dane owners/lovers out there,I'd love to here your stories... Maybe you can give some 'tips'!
By: fishsweeper
Age: 51-55 , Female
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  • Y5131912
    Y5131912

    What? No book eating, paper towel/toilet paper attacks...or even the dreaded wall eating...seven months is just a great time for Danes. And just think, they are not even official adult dogs until 18 months. High quality food and maybe not as much may help a bit with the land mines in the backyard...but not much. Other than that walk them and love them and know that there is no place on earth they would rather be than right next to you...or leaning against you, or draped across you.

    Sincerely

    A proud owner of two rescue Danes: Jake (125 pounds and three years old) and Dakota (120 pounds and 18 months)

    Apr 28, 2012
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    • fishsweeper
      fishsweeper

      She's an absolute ANGEL about not destroying our property. I've never had a dog that only annihilated her own toys!... and she'll ownly doing her 'potty thing' in her own yard, which could be a problem because we're moving. She LOVES being with me, and I take her everywhere for the socialization. We live in the mountains, in the woods, so I'm trying to train her to get used to all kinds of activity by taking her into stores and walking her in downtown in the village. It'sreally working... and she's so obedient! The only other dog thatI've ever had that behaved as wellas she does was a full-sized collie,but that dog didn't seem to have the brainpower that Raven has!

      Apr 28, 2012
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